"My Town and Yours"

"My Town and Yours" Thoughts and Observations of Mark Lange

Wouldn't Want to Make the Decision

by Mark Lange,posted Jan 24 2014 5:24AM

Closed, One Hour Delay, Early Dismissal, Two Hour Delay, Suck it Up and Run on Time. All viable options. All difficult to make, but they can mold the memory of a school administrator in these parts. Remember "Hour Later Ader". Wayne Ader was a long time administrator instrumental for a number of local educational innovations and the construction of Lincoln High School, but I still hear him referred to by his closing, delay, and cancellation persona. I can also see his smile a couple of years ago when he overheard it while attending a LHS basketball game. Wayne is fading now, but eventhough there is a auditorium named after him, a lot of us will still remember the phrase.

What can we do with Bobe, Parsley, and Grove? What cute phrases can be conjur up? Let me work on it. Right now I've got to check on the closings, cancellations, and delays...